Tuesday, May 08, 2012

In 2011, Kershaw feasted on the Giants, going 5-0 with a paltry 1.07 ERA. In 2012, he's off to a solid, if unspectacular start and is coming off a game in Colorado where he gave up three home runs (for the first time in his career). It's the perfect time to go up against a team he usually manhandles.

Unfortunately, rotations didn't sync up to give us another matchup with perpetual Kershaw whipping boy Timmah Linceum. Instead, we get journeyman Vogelsong, in search of his first win. He won't be finding it here, if the Cy Young winner, the MVP-to-be, and the...*ahem*..."worst fans in baseball" have anything to say about it.

Not only was Flogging Molly Ringwald a Flaming Menudos song, it was also the basis for a successful lawsuit brought against the band. Neeebs and Paul mounted a valiant defense whose logic revolved around the fact that Ringwald deserved the flogging in order to preserve social order. However, the strict constitutionalists of the Supreme Court eventually disagrees despite the, er, offerings on the side that were conveyed. Sad tale, really. And look what happened to Molly.